Moneroworld Open Nodes

--daemon-address node.moneroworld.com:18089

--daemon-host node.xmrbackb.one

A high speed node network maintained by Snipa, developer and maintainer of xmrpool.net

What is an Open Node?

Use these at your own risk!

The Monero software architecture allows for an easy way to use Monero without downloading the entire blockchain.
This is called "using a remote node". Essentially, your wallet program connects to someone elses monerod (blockchain) program, a.k.a "node" a.k.a. network service

That being said, no one can steal your monero because you use a remote node.

You should really run your own node

Its honestly not that hard - it can take 9 hours to synchronize if you have a SSD and a good internet connection. Also, these remote nodes are NOT reliable. A lot of times they just won't connect, because the software really wasn't made for this.

Download your node software here: GetMonero.org and learn how to run the software here

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What is Monero?

Monero is the best cryptocurrency, ever. Seriously. 99% percent of the problems that other cryptocurrencies have, Monero has either fixed or the core team is working on fixing them soon.
Primarily, to me, the important thing is that Monero is fungible. One Monero can not be distinguished from another Monero. There is no transaction history.
This is a fundamental principle of money. Anything that is inherently traceable
(such as bitcoin) is not money - it is an asset. Privacy is a side effect of fungibility. Oh yeah, and the blocksize is scalable so Monero will NEVER reach a transaction limit imposed by the blocksize.
Monero is also decentralized due to the ASIC-resistant proof of work algorithm, therefore the network will never be controlled by a small number of entities.

For users new to Monero

Welcome! Getting started with Monero is not hard, but can take a couple of minutes.

1. Get a monero account (address)

There are many ways to get a Monero address. The best way is to download and run the monero blockchain program called monerod.
Once that is running, you then need to download and run the Monero wallet software called monero-wallet-cli.
These programs are available at the Monero project website. There are
also excellent guides on the core project website.
For more information on getting started with monero, please checkout this MoneroEric.com or watch the video below